Awesome work :) Really well-written technically and fitting to the tone of the episode. My only suggestions are actually for your summary; you should specify the season and episode this is from, and maybe change the wording so it's clear that this is a friendship fic. Thanks for sharing :)
God bless *heart* :)
PS- I can't think of the name or founder, but I know there's a community for Merlin that is for fics that add to a specific episode like this, and they take suggestions. You should check it out, I bet they'd add yours :)

Shiya chapter 1 . 4/15/2012

I ABSOLUTELY ADORED THIS! So sweet.

(Except i thought gwen might mention ((in her timid manner)) about how merlins mother was ill?)

I love how Arthur realized how good a friend Merlin really is and how he missed him when he was gone. He may not actually want to admit it, but they both know he cares. I also like how he pretended that it didn't mean anything when Merlin returned.

Their friendship is one of my favorite parts of the show and I really like how you wrote it all.